Music at the Monastery
Together with the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, the DC AGO is proud to support a series of community outreach musical events. Chapter members present these events on the second Sunday of each month from September to May at 4 p.m. For more information on recitals, go to myfranciscan.org and click on the music tab. Here is the schedule for 2021-22:
November 14: Gabriel Galdo (Second Place Winner, 2021 American Guild of Organists' Mid-Atlantic Region Young Organists' Competition)
December 12: Dr. Kimbery Hess (Ceremonial Organist, Arlington National Cemetery)
January 9: Andrew Johnson (Graduate Student, Peabody Institute)
February 13: Apex Brass (Washington, D.C.)
March 13: David Houston (Dean, Washington D.C. AGO chapter and Director of Music, Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, College Park, MD)
April 10: Iris Lan (Washington, D.C.)
May 8: Chuyoung Suter (Organist, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Gaithersburg, MD)
Located on 42 acres, the monastery is an architectural gem hidden in the northeast corner of Washington, D.C.
Dedicated in 1898, the church is in the shape of a Jerusalem Cross in neo-Byzantine architectural style. The church and extensive contemplative gardens include full-size replicas of shrines from the Holy Land (the Franciscans have ministered there for 800 years), plus catacombs and a Lourdes Grotto. The monastery also has two hermitages for personal retreats. The Monastery's Lively-Fulcher pipe organ was built in 1998 and contains 40 ranks of pipes over three manuals and pedal.
November 14: Gabriel Galdo (Second Place Winner, 2021 American Guild of Organists' Mid-Atlantic Region Young Organists' Competition)
December 12: Dr. Kimbery Hess (Ceremonial Organist, Arlington National Cemetery)
January 9: Andrew Johnson (Graduate Student, Peabody Institute)
February 13: Apex Brass (Washington, D.C.)
March 13: David Houston (Dean, Washington D.C. AGO chapter and Director of Music, Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, College Park, MD)
April 10: Iris Lan (Washington, D.C.)
May 8: Chuyoung Suter (Organist, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Gaithersburg, MD)
Located on 42 acres, the monastery is an architectural gem hidden in the northeast corner of Washington, D.C.
Dedicated in 1898, the church is in the shape of a Jerusalem Cross in neo-Byzantine architectural style. The church and extensive contemplative gardens include full-size replicas of shrines from the Holy Land (the Franciscans have ministered there for 800 years), plus catacombs and a Lourdes Grotto. The monastery also has two hermitages for personal retreats. The Monastery's Lively-Fulcher pipe organ was built in 1998 and contains 40 ranks of pipes over three manuals and pedal.